The rip has now been completed as incoming soldiers from Darwin’s 2nd Mentoring Task Force (MTF-2) rotate with their counterparts from Brisbane’s 1st Mentoring Task Force (MTF-1).
After months of planning the soldiers now in Tarin Kot receiving their final briefs, before being flown to new home – a patrol base in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan.
As each section of soldiers arrive at their patrol bases, they are greeted by their MTF-1 counterparts, who will soon commence their journey home to Australia.
During this time, LTCOL Mark Jennings, Commanding Officer of MTF-1, has also been busy saying his final farewells to his Afghan National Army counterparts. One of his final tasks is to present each soldier with their medals. “It is important for me to individually thank each soldier. They have worked hard and have earned their medals,” said LTCOL Jennings.
The RIP occurred throughout October, with the final soldiers returning to Brisbane in early November.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force board a Chinook helicopter to fly out to their assigned patrol bases, spread throughout the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 October 2010)
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force board a Chinook helicopter to fly out to their new patrol base homes, spread throughout the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force take up their bags of equipment and personal belongings to fly out to their new patrol base homes, spread throughout the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force take up their bags of equipment and personal belongings to fly out to their new patrol base homes, spread throughout the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force board a Chinook helicopter to fly out to their new patrol base homes, spread throughout the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force board a Chinook helicopter to fly out to their new patrol base homes, spread throughout the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force load their bags onto a United States Chinook, which will take them to their assigned patrol bases dotted throughout the Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 17 October 2010)
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force load their bags onto a United States Chinook, which will take them to their assigned patrol bases dotted throughout the Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan.
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A United States Chinook loadmaster gets a birds eye view of Uruzgan Province as members of the 2nd Mentoring Task Force are flown to their assigned patrol bases in southern Afghanistan.
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With their kit bags stacked high, 2nd Mentoring Task Force soldiers fly to their new patrol bases in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force quickly unload their kit bags from a United States Chinook upon arrival at a remote patrol base in the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force quickly unload their kit bags from a United States Chinook upon arrival at a remote patrol base in the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force quickly unload their kit bags from a United States Chinook upon arrival at a remote patrol base in the Uruzgan Province of southern Afghanistan.
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Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring Task Force load their equipment onto a Chinook and farewell their patrol base homes for the past eight months.
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1st Mentoring Task Force soldiers fly back to Multinational Base Tarin Kot, the first step in their journey home.
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Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring Task Force unload their kit bags from a United States Chinook at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.
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Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring Task Force unload their kit bags from a United States Chinook at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.
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Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring Task Force unload their kit bags from a United States Chinook at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.
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Lieutenant Colonel Mark Jennings farewells Brigadier General Zafar Kahn, Commander of the 4th Afghan National Army Brigade.
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Lieutenant Colonel Mark Jennings presents an Australian Slouch Hat to Brigadier General Zafar Kahn, Commander of the 4th Afghan National Army Brigade.
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Commander of the 1st Mentoring Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Jennings thanks his soldiers for their dedication throughout the eight-month deployment to Afghanistan.
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Commander of the 1st Mentoring Task Force Lieutenant Colonel ( LTCOL) Mark Jennings presents an Afghanistan Campaign Medal to Sergeant Jed Wheeler. LTCOL Jennings took the time to present medals to each of his soldiers, to thank them for their service and dedication throughout the eight month deployment to Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 18 October 2010)
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